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September 09, 2023, 01:59:13 AM
#38
People are trying to figure out the best way to invest in cryptocurrency because it can be very unpredictable. If you're an investor looking to reduce your risk, you might consider a strategy called dollar-cost averaging (DCA). However, using this strategy means you're less likely to make really big profits.

Dollar-cost averaging means putting the same amount of money into an investment over time. It's nice because it makes investors feel more comfortable. By spreading out your Bitcoin purchases over time, you're either buying when it's doing well, or you're getting it at a lower price compared to your first purchase, which is a good thing.

Some people prefer to invest a large lump sum all at once because you might end up with more Bitcoin quickly. But there's also a chance you'll end up with less. To decide between these two methods, you need to think about the risk involved.

If you want a bigger chance of making a lot of money, go for the lump sum. If you want to slowly accumulate Bitcoin with the least risk (even if it means having less Bitcoin in the end), then DCA is better. For most regular people who just want to accumulate Bitcoin, DCA is a good choice because it helps you get a decent amount of Bitcoin based on the money you have to invest.

What is your opinion?
And and which method do you prefer to be used in this present market conditions?

I want to inform you and also warn you that danger is always present in all investments, whether they are legitimate or not, as long as there is money involved. Remember what I said—most people in our industry are aware that no investment strategy is risk-free.

Most communities in the crypto realm have used and built DCA tools for a very long time. I can also confirm that this is a practical approach for us to amass the desired amount of cryptocurrency or bitcoin. And if you are a long-term investor, I don't see anything wrong with employing this strategy.
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September 09, 2023, 01:28:47 AM
#37
People are trying to figure out the best way to invest in cryptocurrency because it can be very unpredictable. If you're an investor looking to reduce your risk, you might consider a strategy called dollar-cost averaging (DCA). However, using this strategy means you're less likely to make really big profits.

Dollar-cost averaging means putting the same amount of money into an investment over time. It's nice because it makes investors feel more comfortable. By spreading out your Bitcoin purchases over time, you're either buying when it's doing well, or you're getting it at a lower price compared to your first purchase, which is a good thing.

Some people prefer to invest a large lump sum all at once because you might end up with more Bitcoin quickly. But there's also a chance you'll end up with less. To decide between these two methods, you need to think about the risk involved.

If you want a bigger chance of making a lot of money, go for the lump sum. If you want to slowly accumulate Bitcoin with the least risk (even if it means having less Bitcoin in the end), then DCA is better. For most regular people who just want to accumulate Bitcoin, DCA is a good choice because it helps you get a decent amount of Bitcoin based on the money you have to invest.

What is your opinion?
And and which method do you prefer to be used in this present market conditions?



In my opinion, one should never invest all their capital in the crypto currency market at once. Putting your entire investment into any crypto currency at once can lead to losses. It can also happen that when you are buying Bitcoin with all your capital, the market will go up and you will get a good profit, because anything can happen in the crypto currency market,but we don't know whether the market will go up or down from where we are buying. If all the capital is invested, there will be no opportunity to buy again at a lower price.

People who prefer to invest all their capital at one time may not know about the market, it is very important to know the volatility of the market and the risks involved in the market. DCA is a great strategy in my opinion. This gives you an opportunity to buy at a lower price. Buying at every low price allows you to minimize your high price average. When the price of Bitcoin falls, you have the opportunity to buy at the lowest price. The lower you buy, the more you can increase your profit.
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September 09, 2023, 12:57:28 AM
#36
I think most of the forum does DCA. I have even seen people who have been saying for many years that they still accumulate following the strategy. There are many variations, however, as people think that DCA is simply buying exactly the same amount at the same time intervals, without selling until a goal is reached, which is not the case. You can buy more or less depending on how much money you have available or when you are in the market, just as you can sell partially at certain bullish times.

Some people prefer to invest a large lump sum all at once because you might end up with more Bitcoin quickly.

This is relative and involves timing the market in such a way that it can be more profitable, but it can also turn out badly. The person who bought a lump sum at $69,000 because at that time all the predictions said that the price would rise much higher than $100,000 has less bitcoin than the person who has done DCA since then investing the same amount.

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September 09, 2023, 12:50:20 AM
#35
People are trying to figure out the best way to invest in cryptocurrency because it can be very unpredictable. If you're an investor looking to reduce your risk, you might consider a strategy called dollar-cost averaging (DCA). However, using this strategy means you're less likely to make really big profits.

Dollar-cost averaging means putting the same amount of money into an investment over time. It's nice because it makes investors feel more comfortable. By spreading out your Bitcoin purchases over time, you're either buying when it's doing well, or you're getting it at a lower price compared to your first purchase, which is a good thing.

Some people prefer to invest a large lump sum all at once because you might end up with more Bitcoin quickly. But there's also a chance you'll end up with less. To decide between these two methods, you need to think about the risk involved.

If you want a bigger chance of making a lot of money, go for the lump sum. If you want to slowly accumulate Bitcoin with the least risk (even if it means having less Bitcoin in the end), then DCA is better. For most regular people who just want to accumulate Bitcoin, DCA is a good choice because it helps you get a decent amount of Bitcoin based on the money you have to invest.

What is your opinion?
And and which method do you prefer to be used in this present market conditions?
Which strategy is better depends very heavily on the abilities of the person executing the strategy, it is true that when it comes to making the most money buying all the bitcoin you can during a dip is more profitable than buying at fixed intervals like DCA proposes.

However if the investor we are talking about is a newbie or someone with very little experience, I think DCA is best for them, as it reduces the number of decisions they need to take to a minimum while still offering good profits if they hold long enough.
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September 08, 2023, 11:57:45 PM
#34
DcA doesn’t always work out however. If you started to DcA in the $50-60k range, you obviously would have a horrible average.
The challenge is how long you can maintain your DCA?

It is not terrible if you can continue DCA like Micro Strategy but small investors don't have abundant capital or savings like MicroStrategy to do DCA month by month. If my job is lost, my income source is broken, I have to stop my DCA. With this situation, it's my big failure to DCA around $50k to $60k but if it's my own money, I can hold my bitcoins to wait for 2024 halving and a new bull run.

Before successfully holding my coins till 2024 or 2025, I must have enough money to use even after losing my job. DCA must be in a careful consideration and combination with income, expense and risk management.
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September 08, 2023, 11:49:24 PM
#33
DcA doesn’t always work out however. If you started to DcA in the $50-60k range, you obviously would have a horrible average. It would of evened out however if you kept buying but you would of had to probably DcA every week for more than a year to get a decent entry price.

Same with selling, if you sold way too early during the days when bitcoin was low and sold same amounts in the $60K range your average would still be in the $30-40K range.

So sometimes it works in your favor and sometimes it does not.
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September 08, 2023, 11:04:54 PM
#32
If you have idle money and don't use it for your needs is good to implement DCA. but, if you have money and often use it, I think the DCA strategy will make you nervous if the price drops immediately. actually, DCA is also suitable for implementation on another instrument,  but with have condition you have unspend money, yes you can split it to buy another coin, besides Bitcoin. so if your investment value down immediately it will covered by another investment if goes up.
If money you spend to DCA is your dynamic money and does not belong to your saving and if you are in emergency, you need that money, DCA with that part of your dynamic money is risky.

I agree with you that as investors, we can not know how the market will move next so if we don't have savings for using when our investment does not bring good profit but we have to sell our bitcoin to get cash, it's not only risky but loss too.

DCA directly will not maximize your profits, but you will get good effects in the long term.
You buy gradually from the lowest price and the lowest price, continuing to do it consistently until the real deep price.
DCA will help you to gradually increase total capital for your portfolio, slow enough even you don't realize it. After one year or two year, if you look back, your net capital you spend with DCA will make you surprised as it would be big than what you remember you spent for investment.
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September 08, 2023, 08:05:08 PM
#31
What is your opinion?
And and which method do you prefer to be used in this present market conditions?
If you have idle money and don't use it for your needs is good to implement DCA. but, if you have money and often use it, I think the DCA strategy will make you nervous if the price drops immediately. actually, DCA is also suitable for implementation on another instrument,  but with have condition you have unspend money, yes you can split it to buy another coin, besides Bitcoin. so if your investment value down immediately it will covered by another investment if goes up.
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September 08, 2023, 07:43:07 PM
#30
DCA is a good investment strategy because a lot of investors were profitable in this way. It is made to minimize your potential loses but also not maximizing your profit. However, DCA is best if you know how to identify market structure correctly.
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DCA directly will not maximize your profits, but you will get good effects in the long term.
You buy gradually from the lowest price and the lowest price, continuing to do it consistently until the real deep price.

Then if the price starts to be bullish and rises more than the price you first bought, it will provide extraordinary profits.
DCA will have an effect on long-term investments and requires patience.

Assets continue to be accumulated so that profits will be higher.
I'm working on a long-term DCA strategy right now, preparing for the Halving next year.
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September 08, 2023, 07:13:28 PM
#29
People always find ways to screw up a good idea. With DCA some people advocate to buy during the bull market, like Microstrategy and Bukele did, and now they sit on an investment that still didn't break even. But if they bought earlier, dumped at the top, rebought at the bottom and got ready to dump during next bull run - they would make serious profits. Of course they can't do that publicly, because they need to maintain a reputation of true Bitcoin believers, but you don't have to do that. Your goal should be profit first of all. And buying during bear market and then selling during bull market is a better strategy than the version of DCA that tells to always buy no matter the price.
You're totally correct. The DCA strategy used during the bearish market is a more profitable decision than the DCA when the market is bullish. However, there's nothing bad in doing DCA investment when it bullish market if the plan is to hold for 4-8 years.
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September 08, 2023, 06:50:01 PM
#28
DCA is a good investment strategy because a lot of investors were profitable in this way. It is made to minimize your potential loses but also not maximizing your profit. However, DCA is best if you know how to identify market structure correctly.

Example:
If you're so good at identifying the possible swing low, that should be the always time to buy. In this way, you are not just minimizing your loses but also maximizing your profit.
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September 08, 2023, 06:30:40 PM
#27
People are trying to figure out the best way to invest in cryptocurrency because it can be very unpredictable. If you're an investor looking to reduce your risk, you might consider a strategy called dollar-cost averaging (DCA). However, using this strategy means you're less likely to make really big profits.

Dollar-cost averaging means putting the same amount of money into an investment over time. It's nice because it makes investors feel more comfortable. By spreading out your Bitcoin purchases over time, you're either buying when it's doing well, or you're getting it at a lower price compared to your first purchase, which is a good thing.

Some people prefer to invest a large lump sum all at once because you might end up with more Bitcoin quickly. But there's also a chance you'll end up with less. To decide between these two methods, you need to think about the risk involved.

If you want a bigger chance of making a lot of money, go for the lump sum. If you want to slowly accumulate Bitcoin with the least risk (even if it means having less Bitcoin in the end), then DCA is better. For most regular people who just want to accumulate Bitcoin, DCA is a good choice because it helps you get a decent amount of Bitcoin based on the money you have to invest.

What is your opinion?
And and which method do you prefer to be used in this present market conditions?



Well, any strategy is better than no strategy at all. Best strategy is buying early. The risk is also enormous however: no pain no gain they say. DCA involves less risk but sometimes it's the only solution (limited funds etc). Impulse buys or planned schedule - as long as you're buying regularly chances are that your investment will turn out successful.
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September 08, 2023, 06:24:54 PM
#26
And ultimately, DCAing is a sort of 'boring' strategy, so people tend to get restless.
This is almost true on my part - but since I have put together this investment plan so well, I think sticking to it is the right thing to do.

Price movements that are not in our favor tend to be able to change investment plans - but not everyone will be affected by price fluctuations. Panic is only for those who are not fully experienced in the market - while for those who are experienced will take advantage of the market situation to make a profit. DCA is not suitable for short term investors - I think DCA is suitable for long term investors.
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September 08, 2023, 05:54:34 PM
#25
People are trying to figure out the best way to invest in cryptocurrency because it can be very unpredictable. If you're an investor looking to reduce your risk, you might consider a strategy called dollar-cost averaging (DCA). However, using this strategy means you're less likely to make really big profits.

Dollar-cost averaging means putting the same amount of money into an investment over time. It's nice because it makes investors feel more comfortable. By spreading out your Bitcoin purchases over time, you're either buying when it's doing well, or you're getting it at a lower price compared to your first purchase, which is a good thing.

Some people prefer to invest a large lump sum all at once because you might end up with more Bitcoin quickly. But there's also a chance you'll end up with less. To decide between these two methods, you need to think about the risk involved.

If you want a bigger chance of making a lot of money, go for the lump sum. If you want to slowly accumulate Bitcoin with the least risk (even if it means having less Bitcoin in the end), then DCA is better. For most regular people who just want to accumulate Bitcoin, DCA is a good choice because it helps you get a decent amount of Bitcoin based on the money you have to invest.

What is your opinion?
And and which method do you prefer to be used in this present market conditions?


I think that DCAing is indeed a good strategy, however it must be said that there are many DCA strategies. If you ask around, you will find out that everybody has a similar but sometimes completely different idea on how DCA should be done. So is there a perfect one strategy? that remains to be seen. But I do know that Bitcoin will keep going and going and because of this complete trust that I have in Bitcoin, I feel that every bought dip is also connected, whether long or short term, with a good percentage of profits. Or in other words, a good Return On Investment (ROI).
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September 08, 2023, 05:53:38 PM
#24
DCA or buy whenever you want, that's it. You can always buy whenever you want or whenever you're comfortable with the market conditions.
Just like what I have noticed for some investors, they only buy when the market is too active and the price is quite high.
It's because they're feeling the sense of they won't regret of seeing a low price and that's when they ride to the market, if the price is high.
IMO, any approach of when you buy and whenever you're satisfied is fine as long as it will gonna work.
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September 08, 2023, 05:52:21 PM
#23
I think DCA is usually a good investment approach for any investments you want to own. Being a trader tends to work against most people and people shouldn’t look at investments as buy low and sell high opportunities as much as they should look at buying stock as owning a company. Buy good companies and own them forever. Don’t pick and choose spots to trade. That’s the investing hack.
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September 08, 2023, 05:51:36 PM
#22
People are trying to figure out the best way to invest in cryptocurrency because it can be very unpredictable. If you're an investor looking to reduce your risk, you might consider a strategy called dollar-cost averaging (DCA). However, using this strategy means you're less likely to make really big profits.
Precisely DCA is the best step to take for long term holders of Bitcoin. Doing DCA with the aim of increasing Bitcoin accumulation can help us to achieve prices according to our targets at several rates. So with this, we won't experience a lot of regret because it's too late to buy at a certain low price. With this DCA, at least we can learn to manage funds for investment. DCA may not be suitable for everyone, because it requires a lot of patience. If you expect high short term rewards, then this might not work for you.
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September 08, 2023, 05:45:00 PM
#21
People always find ways to screw up a good idea. With DCA some people advocate to buy during the bull market, like Microstrategy and Bukele did, and now they sit on an investment that still didn't break even. But if they bought earlier, dumped at the top, rebought at the bottom and got ready to dump during next bull run - they would make serious profits. Of course they can't do that publicly, because they need to maintain a reputation of true Bitcoin believers, but you don't have to do that. Your goal should be profit first of all. And buying during bear market and then selling during bull market is a better strategy than the version of DCA that tells to always buy no matter the price.
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September 08, 2023, 05:42:31 PM
#20
The good thing with DCA is that it averages down the entry point of our investment if we tend to do DCA every dip of Bitcoin.  It is indeed comfortable and enables a low entry point for our investment.  It also covers a long-term investment where we can have a chance to buy at a lower price if it happens that Bitcoin volatility becomes very extreme.

Crypto investment is always risky either direct investment or DCA strategy. But investment strategy depends on the situation, in different circumstances, investment strategy must need to change in real time. For when when find a sudden big dump, I like to capitalize it. Because its pretty sure we have seen recovery after every big dump. Sometimes it doesn't work perfectly hence crypto investment is always risky. But if I don't invest my full portfolio and continue dump instead of recovery then I apply the DCA strategy. That's the reason we have to make real-time decision.

At least in DCA, we are investing a small amount in a regular phase, It also lowers the risk of the investment since we are not putting all our money at once so in case the investment is a scam, we have avoided losing a huge fund since DCA is investing in chunks or small amount over the course of time.
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September 08, 2023, 05:40:05 PM
#19
Whoever thought it was a bad strategy anyway?

If you can't DCA, it's not the strategy's fault, DCA requires you to have a dedicated budget that would go towards the regular purchase interval of assets, if you weren't able to perform this it's not necessarily the strategy's fault. Perhaps look for a different strategy for investment that would fit you better? DCA as I said earlier may sometimes ask you for money that goes above your means, if this isn't something that you can reliably perform then might as well just look for conventional investment, or budgeting dynamics that would open you to better investment ventures. Otherwise, look at ways to increase your income propensity too, that could work!
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